The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-03

pass IL TO nafm the other, ana saying, IN the
language of the Scripture, THE Lord watch be-
tween thou and us"
THE PICKETT MONUMENT.
Soon after the publication of the article re-
ferred to, a committee was sent on here TO make
suitable arrangements for the erection of a
monument to Pickett's Division on the battle
field of Gettysburg. Failing in this, my COM
radeS of Pickett'S Division have decided, and
think properly, to place their monument to our
dead on Gettysburg Hill in our own beautiful
hollywood, where they may rest in peace till
awakened by the sound of the last trumpet to
meet Him who will give them righteous judg-
ment. Peace to their ashes They gave their
lives for cause they deemed sacred, and NOR
tai can do no more There, too, ! hope to rest
when hfe's duties are ended, in the bosom of my
dear native State loved and honored
since l have loved and honored anything,
never more than in her adversely; prouder of
my heritage as free born son of Virginia than
to have inherited crown in any other land; /;
proud of her history, filled as it is with record
of heroic men; proud of her heroes, who have
Illustrated American valor; proud of her states.
men, who have shaped the destinies of this
mighty nation; proud of her orators, whose
eloquence has thrilled the nation when freedom
was the theme; proud of her course in
efforts to preserve peace and avert
the awful calamities brought upon us by the
war, an effort so persistent that those who
know her not said sneeringly that she could not
be Kicked out of the Union; proud of her when,
falling to secure honorable peace, fully count
ing the cost, she barred her bosom to the strife,
deeming, if need be, all well lost in the bright
path OF duty and honor; proud of her sons who
rallied TO her side, and for four years beat back
the pitiless storm of war hurled upon
her, exhibiting to the world examples of
heroic fortitude worthy Of the mother
that gave them birth; proudeSt of all that when
worn ont and exhausted by their victories the
shattered remnant were compelled to yield to
overwhelming numbers and reserves, they
grounded their arms and turned themselves to
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storing their mother State to the proud position
she had ever held in the front rank. Such are
my sentiments honestly entertained and freely
expressed and what shall | say for those my
comrades, endeared by privations shared, hard
ships endured, and dangers encountered.
DEAD ON MANY BATTLEFIELDs.
Scarcely is there a battlefield from Bull Run
to AppomattoX on which some dear to me did
not crown with their lives their devotion to their
native State. Dear comrades, honored as men,
loved as companions, cold in death will my heart
be ere cease to love and honor you. Yet my
heart is large enough to embrace my whole
country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the lakes TO the gulf, to rejoice in her prosperity,
to glory in her greatness, TO feel thrill of pride
when her course is as glorious as her might is
sistleSs, when her magnanimity equals her
let me say this is an opportunity
to display magnanimity worthy of this great
nation. Leave to time, the touch-stone which
tries all human action, the question of right and
ably yet unborn, try the cause, and posterty
will render a verdict which is apt to. be just.
To them let us leave it. Its deeds have been
done, its drama closed, but for our country
there remains a future. We, too, are making
history.
A NATIONAL REUNION.
If this occasion, being in the interest of peace
and reconciliation, will ill bright page in that
history, with what lustre would that one shine
which would record a similar reunion, national
in its character, in which should be buried all
rancor and hatred, from which we could go
forth not merely citizens but friends and brothers
animated by one aim-the greatness and glory
of our common country Adopt in its true
spirit the union monument suggested, and with
magnanimity broad enough to embrace our
whole country, deep enough to bury in oblivion
the bitterness and hate of past strife, build on
the spot suggested monument to immortalize
American valOr and demonstrate American
magnanimity. Let the whole country
1oin with the national government and every
State i'll the Union complete it if possible by the
twenty-fitth anniversary of the battle. Send
out your invitations, and my word for it, Gettys-
burg will witness such gathering as the whole
world has seldom seen. It's hills and valleys,
dotted with white tents, not filled with angry
combatants and ready to hurl each other to
destruction, but with the highest type of Ameri-
can manhood, ready to join hands in true and
hearty reconciliation which shall make us again
a united and happy people. Do this and write
the name Of American higher on the roll of true
fame than you could have done had you been
dDle 70 NTlLt yourselves NlCpDIIOuS OHtNeTy Dut-
tlefeld of the war. l cannot but believe that
this suggestion will commend itself to good
men everywhere in our broad land, and if prop
erly carried out will do more to restore true
friendship in the sections than any other one
thing which could be done. Let us, my coun-
trymeu, embrace the opportunity and make one
page in American history which shall shine with
lustre unsurpassed by any recorded since the
world began.
COL. M'CLURE'S ADDRESS.
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speech Col Banes introduced Col Alexander
K. Mcclure, of Philadelphia, who had been
chosen to extend a welcome from the citi-
zens of Philadelphia particularly, and from
the State of Pennsylvania generally, to the
Virginians. Col Mcclure said:
After the more than fraternal greeting so elo-
quently expressed by the representatives of the
survivors of the Philadelphia brigade and of
PickettS division, IL is an easy task to speak for
the city of brotherly love and for the Key
stone State late of the Federal arch
in hearty sympathy with the peace and brother
hood which mark this notable reunion.
Twenty four years ago your mutual heroism
conseCrated this ground to unfading inmor-
talty. The shock in which your respective com
monds met was the bloodest Of all the many
sangunary conflicts of our civil strife, and In its
issue tremoled the issue of the decisive battle of
the war IL ranks with ThermopylR in desper-
ate courage, but the heroism of the warriors OF
.Leonidas, whose nexecrable spartan laws made
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bers. pales before the volunteer soldiers of Han
cock and Pickett, who willingly dared and
died for their convictions. 1t was q
strange, sad conflict; men Of the same
race and of the same heroic traditions,
sovereign in framing the same laws met in a
death struggle 70 solve the great civil problem
which had veXed our most enlightened and
patriotic craftsmanship for three quarters OF a
century The ignorant, inconsiderate and dis
honest say that il was causeless, that it was
precipitated by babbling demagogues who ride
in the tempest but no such cause could have
called millions of the most intelligent peace
loving and generous people OF the world to four
years OF fraternal war
.IRRECoNCILABLE THEORIES.
There were agitators and demagogues who
haStened the war, as there are agtatorS and
demagOgues who have hndered peace since the
war ended but there were irrcconcilable theories
left unsettled in the foundation of the govern
ment which ripened in intensity and enlarged
in interest until peaceful solution was no longer
possible less heroic people could have
sovereign, the bravest and noblest OF all the
people the earth had the only choice was
between Acknowledgement Of the Union or its
iariing pillars, cemented by arbitament Of the
sword. Never did opposing armies accept bat
tie with sterner purpose. Every shotted gun
hoarsely Numbered the faith Of the warriors
who employed IL in the harvest Of death. Every
church of every belief in the North and
the same God for the triumph of
| their respective flags and n Ike manner called
for thanksgiving and praise when victory came
to either. Every pulpit appealed to the patriot
ism of the people IN the name OF the ruler of the
nation 10 sustain the cause OF It's section as a
holy duty, and from every battlefield came
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